Remembrances

The prayer card for Loretto’s deceased members reads, “Gracious God, may they live forever in the splendor of your light and life in the company of all the saints.” We know that they do, but it’s good to say it. View all Obituaries.

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Remembrance of the Life of Joan Wislinsky CoL

By Loretto Community / August 19, 2017 /

Joan Emily Wislinsky was born in Oshkosh, Wis., where she grew up and worked for all but 25 of her 84 years. She was the youngest of seven children of…

Remembrance of the Life of Sister M. Cecily Jones SL

By Loretto Community / July 18, 2017 /

A woman with short, grey hair, smiling for a picture while sitting in a lawn chair outdoors in autumn. She is wearing a dark blue striped sweater with a small green graphic on the front.

Sister Cecily Jones was born in East St. Louis, Ill., the only daughter of Harry Gilmore Jones of Belleville, Ill., and Alice Irene LaCroix of East St. Louis. Baptized Margaret…

Congratulations, Lois!

By Loretto Community / June 1, 2017 /

Remembrance of the Life of Sister Penny (formerly Sister John Elizabeth) McMullen SL

By Loretto Community / May 8, 2017 /

In Penny McMullen’s personnel records is a small announcement card: “Presenting the real life drama A BUNDLE FROM HEAVEN, featuring the new baby star, Sylvia Penelope … a twentieth century…

Remembrance of the Life of Helen McAvoy Reid CoL

By Loretto Community / April 10, 2017 /

A woman with short brown hair smiling brightly wearing a beaded necklace, a beige blouse, and a black blazer indoors.

The following remembrance was prepared by Helen’s children: Helen Reid lived in grace and joy from her first to her last breath. She was a beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt,…

Remembrance of the Life of Jane Willett Harris CoL (formerly Sister Jane Therese Willett SL)

By Loretto Community / March 11, 2017 /

A portrait picture of a woman with short, light brown hair and glasses, wearing a baby blue collared button up and a long, gold necklace with a yellow background.

Mary Theresa Willett Harris was born and raised in Howardstown, Ky., by Catholic parents, Lawrence Edward Willett and Genevieve (Jennie) Boone Willett. Baptized on the same day as her birth,…

Remembrance of the Life of Sister Barbara Anderson SL

By Loretto Community / March 8, 2017 /

Barbara Anderson was born in Springfield, Mass., the only daughter of Karl Eric Walter Anderson and Edna Victoria Clow Anderson. Her only brother, Carl, was six years older than she.…

Remembrance of the Life of Sister Patricia Anne (formerly Sister Mary Richelle) Cullen

By Loretto Community / March 2, 2017 /

Sister Pat Cullen left us several autobiographical sketches, which provide the substance of this remembrance. Pat begins her life story thus: “When the spring cleaning of Heaven took place one…

Remembrance of the Life of Sister Marian (formerly Sister John Carroll) Andrews SL

By Loretto Community / February 13, 2017 /

A woman with short, grey hair and glasses smiling for a picture wearing a burgundy sweater, and a necklace indoors.

The following is Sister Marian Andrews’ autobiography, which she submitted to the Archives in 1987: “I was born in Pueblo, Colo., in 1924, the first daughter of John Jacob and…

Remembrance of the Life of Lucy Donovan Walsh CoL

By Loretto Community / February 4, 2017 /

A woman smiling gently with short, white hair, big glasses, and a purple patterned blouse indoors.

Lucy Donovan Walsh of Kirkwood, Mo., composed a thorough autobiography, at the time of her application for Co-membership in the Loretto Community in 1989: “One must start with being born…

Remembrance of the Life of Sister M. Kristin McNamara SL

By Loretto Community / February 1, 2017 /

Kristin McNamara composed her own obituary and submitted it to the Archives when she moved from Taos, N.M., to Loretto Motherhouse. It reads as follows: “On April 17, 1932, I…

Remembrance of the Life of Sister Carolyn Ann Wheat SL

By Loretto Community / December 30, 2016 /

Sister Carolyn Ann, who was baptized Anna Sophia, was a daughter of Kentucky who spent almost her entire adult life in the western United States. Her mother, Georgia Regina Thompson, was…

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The Loretto Community consists of the congregation of the Sisters of Loretto and Loretto Co-members. The congregation of the Sisters of Loretto at the Foot of the Cross was founded in rural Kentucky in 1812. Today, our Sisters and Co-members continue to live out the Loretto Community’s mission to “work for justice and act for peace because the Gospel urges us.” In the United States and throughout the world, Loretto Community members serve in many fields, including education, healthcare, elder care, environmental stewardship and advocacy.